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Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Heaviside's Dolphin)
Benguela dolphin [English]; Heaviside se dolfyn [Afrikaans]
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Heaviside's dolphin off the West Coast, South
Africa. [photo Jim Scarff ©] |
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Heaviside's dolphin.[Illustration
Noel Ashton ©] |
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